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Investitionsrisikogarantie durch den Bund

2018, DEZA, Library of Studies, SECO Aid Effectiveness, Development Policy, Investitionsrisiko, Job Creation, Private Sector

Verschiedene Szenarien zur Unterstützung und Anreizschaffung für privatwirtschaftliche Investitionen in fragile Länder Unter Beachtung der Fragestellung aus der Motion von Nationalrat Béglé ist das Ziel dieser Arbeit (1) die aktuelle Versicherungssituation für politische Risiken im Bereich von Investitionsgarantien auf nationaler und internationaler und im öffentlichen als auch privaten Sektor aufzuzeigen; (2) infolge der daraus resultierenden […]

Infrastructure Development and Pension Funds

2018, Library of Studies, SECO Aid Effectiveness, Development Policy, Infrastructure, investment, Job Creation, pension funds, Private Sector

Reducing the Infrastructure Gap through Pension Fund Investments This paper deals with the question of how the PIDG (Private Infrastructure Development Group) could incentivize pension funds to invest in infrastructure projects in developing countries and therefore contribute to close the infrastructure gap. First of all, the importance of infrastructure will be high-lighted. In a second step, […]

Vocational Skills Development – Best practices and breakthrough innovations

2018, DEZA, Library of Studies Development Policy, Entrepreneurship, Job Creation, Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Vocational Training

Abstract This paper presents seven different social enterprises located in Southern and Eastern Africa, India and Latin America. All chosen projects distinguish themselves through an innovative business approach and provide vocational skills development services to people from a disadvantaged background. An in-depth analysis of every project’s business model allows the identification of several success elements, […]

Impact Potential of Incubators for Employment and Income Creation

2018, DEZA, Library of Studies Aid Effectiveness, Entrepreneurship, Job Creation, Migration, Palestine, Private Sector, Regional Development, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia

An analysis of the potential of incubators as a part of the development strategy of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in the SENAP region with a special focus on Tunisia, Tanzania, Zambia and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Summary “Incubators and their cousins, accelerators, provide hands-on training and mentoring, and often a physical space, […]

Allgemeines Präferenzsystem der Schweiz APS

2018, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Fair Trade, Private Sector

Eine Analyse des Allgemeinen Präferenzsystems der Schweiz Evaluation und Empfehlungen von Reformmöglichkeiten Das Allgemeine Präferenzsystem (APS) der Schweiz ist eine Massnahme zur Förderung des Wirtschaftswachstums in und der Diversifizierung von Exporten aus Entwicklungsländern. Es gewährt über 120 Entwicklungsländern und Least Developed Countries unilaterale Zollpräferenzen für die Gütereinfuhr in die Schweiz. Die Ausschöpfungsquote des Schweizer APS […]

Water Stewardship

2017, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Private Sector, Water

Water is critical for sustainable development, including environmental integrity and the eradication of poverty and hunger, and indispensable for human health and well-being. The concept of “Water Stewardship” emphasizes collective accountability and bottom-up collective action by water users towards a sustainable and responsible management of water resources…. Read & Download studies

Sustainable Water Supply Under Adverse Conditions

2017, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Private Sector, Water

This paper aims at analyzing what the private sector can contribute to overcome the large flows of refugees. Regarding this objective, the paper focuses on the sustainable water supply in Lebanon…. Read & Download studies

Sustainability 4.0 and Impact Readiness

2017, DEZA, Library of Studies Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Private Sector

How to promote true Sustainability and Impact Readiness? Through partnerships with the private sector it is possible to bundle public and private resources, expertise and know-how…. Read & Download studies

Lighthouse projects as a source of innovation

2017, DEZA, Library of Studies Aid Effectiveness, All Topics, Private Sector

Achieving the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) will require joint efforts between public and private sector. This analysis looks at two major programs of SDC that can be models for cooperation with the private sector… Read & Download studies

Boost Africa Initiative

2017, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Entrepreneurship, Private Sector

This paper takes a closer look at the Boost Africa Initiative, a joint project by the AfDB and the EIB, that wants to boost entrepreneurship in Africa through a three-pillared blended finance approach…. Read & Download studies

Die Herausforderungen des Kakaosektors

2017, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Fair Trade, Private Sector

Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der vom Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft erarbeiteten Schweizer Plattform für einen nachhaltigen Kakao. Dabei werden in einem ersten Schritt die bestehenden Problematiken und Missstände im Zusammenhang mit der Kakaoproduktion aufgezeigt sowie bereits existierenden Projekte und Initiativen zur Verbesserung der Situation betrachtet…. Read & Download studies

Fair Trade, Producer Empowerment and Contract Production

2016, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Fair Trade, Private Sector

In view of the upcoming review on Fairtrade Standards by Max Havelaar Switzerland, this paper aims to (1) conceptualize the notion of empowerment; (2) describe different Fairtrade models, analyse them using the outlined concept of empowerment, and compare the models with each other; and (3) propose solutions to the challenge of promoting Small Producer Organisations (SPO) in a Fairtrade (FT) Contract Production (CP) context…. Read & Download studies

Product development partnerships

2016, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Health, Private Sector

Product development partnerships (PDPs) have become an important tool in addressing the problem of market failure within the area of drug development for poverty-­related neglected diseases (PRNDs)…. Read & Download studies

Klimapolitik nach der Pariser Klimakonferenz: Szenarien zur Ausgestaltung des internationalen Emissionshandels

2016, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Climate Change, Private Sector

Die Pariser Klimakonferenz hat deutlich gemacht, dass die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels nur durch einen tiefgreifenden Wandel der Klimapolitik auf den verschiedenen beteiligten Ebenen und eine veränderte gesellschaftliche Werthaltung in einem hinnehmbaren Ausmass gehalten werden können…. Read & Download studies

Appropriate legal structures for social enterprises

2015, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Private Sector, Social Enterprise

This research paper addresses the question what legal forms overcome the specific challenges of a Social Enterprise the most? The research design is organized in an empirical manner and analyses five specific legal frameworks worldwide according to nine criteria that were developed corresponding the latest research and literature…. Read & Download studies

Scaling up social businesses

2015, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Private Sector, Social Enterprise

This paper attempts to give advice for the scaling up of social enterprises. The project is twofold: At first a theoretical overview of growth is introduced; then the focus shifts to concrete challenges for growth of social businesses…. Read & Download studies

Green Bonds als innovatives Finanzierungsinstrument von Klimawandelmassnahmen in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

2015, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Climate Change, Private Sector

In einer Welt, in der das allgemeine Bewusstsein für Klimafragen stetig anwächst, bieten Green Bonds ein scheinbar attraktives Werkzeug, um Investitionen in nachhaltige Projekte, Prozesse und Technologien zu fördern…. Read & Download studies

Zusammenarbeit mit dem Privatsektor und Infrastruktur

2015, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Infrastructure, Private Sector

Was für Modelle für eine effektive und transparente Zusammenarbeit mit dem Privatsektor gibt es? Studie am Beispiel der Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)… Read & Download studies

Micro-Franchising: A viable and sustainable business model for the Swiss Development Cooperation Agency?

2014, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Private Sector, Social Enterprise

The popularity of the micro-franchising theory among practitioners in the world of international development as a development tool is steadily increasing. Through the promotion of sustainable forms of entrepreneurship at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP), it is seen as a functioning development tool that could lift people out of poverty…. Read & Download studies

Fairtrade Gold in der Schweiz: Chancen, Potenziale, Alternativen

2013, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Fair Trade, Private Sector

Max Havelaar arbeitet an einem Fair Trade Labe für Gold und schweizerische NGOs haben eine “no dirty gold” Kampagne lanciert – Welche Potentiale und Schwierigkeiten gibt es bei der Einführung eines solchen Labels für fair und nachhaltig gewonnenes Gold?… Read & Download studies

Ansätze zur globalen Förderung des Elektroschrott-Recyclings

2013, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Private Sector, Raw materials

Das SECO hat pionierhafte Projekte im Elektroschrott Recycling in mehreren Ländern – u.a. Peru – vorangetrieben. Sind solche Programme ein Modell um die globale Verbreitung des Elektroschrott Recyclings voranzutreiben?… Read & Download studies

Taking the Bus Out of Poverty – Inclusive business

2011, DEZA, Library of Studies All Topics, Development Policy, Private Sector

How realistic is the claim that the private sector can reduce poverty by involving poor people in inclusive businesses? Are large multinational corporations really able to re-invent their business models to make them inclusive and serve the poor?… Read & Download studies

The Separation of Management and Politics in Water Infrastructure Provision

2010, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Infrastructure, Private Sector

Discuss different models of role division between private and public actors and mixed forms (corporatisation) for providing infrastructure services (water, energy) at the optimum cost in a sustainable manner…. Read & Download studies

Infrastructure Investment in Development Aid

2010, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Infrastructure, Private Sector

Investments in infrastructure are again high on the development agenda – is this justified and how can the impact be measured?… Read & Download studies

Corporate Social Responsibility als Mittel zur Effizienzsteigerung?

2009, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Development Policy, Private Sector

Wie zufriedene Mitarbeiter besser arbeiten – und ressourceneffiziente Produktionsweisen Kosten sparen können…. Read & Download studies

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 Retailern

2009, Library of Studies, SECO All Topics, Fair Trade, Private Sector

Wie kann das Konzept einer nachhaltigen, entwicklungsfreundlichen Entwicklung eines Retailers am besten vermittelt werden? Welche Rolle spielen hier Labels (z.B. Bio und Fairtrade) und Corporate Communication?… Read & Download studies

Commercializing Water

2008, Library of Studies, SECO Private Sector, Water

Was brächte eine Trennung von Politik und Betrieb den Konsumenten, vor allem den Armen? Ist eine solche Trennung politisch durchsetzbar und welche Rahmenbedingungen müssen erfüllt sein?
Can Politics Be Separated From Water Management In Developing Countries?… Read & Download studies

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